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What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation. The Marshall Project does not endorse the viewpoints or vouch for the accuracy of reports other than its own.

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The Youth ‘Treatment’ Centers Kids Risk Their Lives to Escape

Thousands of kids enter residential facilities promised care. Instead, many face systemic abuse, and some risk everything to break free.

Inside Story • 08.25.2026

What if Prison Was Not Designed to Punish?

In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity.

Inside Story • 07.31.2026

From Public Flogging to Flock Cameras: How the U.S. Justice System Evolved Over 250 Years

As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal justice reading.

Closing Argument • 07.04.2026

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